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 Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:43 pm
Well she wasn't whining on his ARM. Just...yeah. The sound of the other male made her 'fjdsfl', unlatching from Yossarian's arm to hiss and press herself against a wall, tail puffing right back up. Okay! THESE THINGS NEEDED TO STOP COMING OUT OF NOWHERE (no pun intended), frowning between Wolfie and 'King', ears drooping. Hell, she may have changed her mind about EVERYTHING if her stomach hadn't just betrayed her and growled LOUDLY at her.
adf;lk!
Aster frowned at it before slouching a bit. Booo stomach! She didn't need to be hungry! THE SILLY THING! SHE DIDN'T NEED
Grooowwwwwwwwwl!
fjalasdhfakfjd;fsfa;fsdf. She hated it. So much. She would have rathered brave the kitchen than these two. They were just... so..suspicious. At least she'd been DEVELOPING THAT SENSE. "i-it's up to you..." she whispered, looking to Yossarian and frowning more deeply than she had been before.. as though her woe could soothe the situation.
Kanda pickled at the sudden snap from the Golden retriever, hissing once she'd talked away before looking to Shae. "Well, where do you think would be the reasonable place to find him?" he asked, ears perking (as though he was trying to pin down the location of their 'leader') and grimacing as he seemed to hear everything else.
Dammit.
This place was full of the 'Do not want' of sounds. Hrrrmmmm. Maybe they would be better to go out and find Hanna? It wouldn't be easy for her to hide, given how much attention they were getting from the public.
Let Jade have his.. er.. 'fun'.
AH HA HA.
"Think they'll get a lot to write about just from here."
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:05 pm
Her snarling stomach felt like the last nail for both of their coffins as King promptly cut off Yossarian's imminent (final) protest with a laugh, baring all those pearly whites (and one silver capped fang) at her. "Sounds like your stomach's spoken for you, little lady!" he beamed, quickly joined in by Wolfie.
"Well," the white dog chirped, "we best get a move on before someone drops'a starvation, right? C'mon, Yo-Yo!" As if to punctuate this, he gave the darker male a good (HARD) slap on the shoulder, nearly dislocating it in the process-- and that SAID something. "If you keep the sour look up much longer, your face'll freeze like that."
"........." said Yossarian, feeling not just miserable now, but utterly damned, and sighed, glancing back at Aster in that silent gesture of resignation to follow along, and then quietly, against ALL his better instincts... did so.
Just WHERE King and Wolfie had in mind, he didn't know-- but wherever it happened to be, they seemed in quite the hurry to get there, jogging off along the avenue at quite a respectable pace. He'd stay a wary few steps behind them, and make sure SHE didn't stray too far... and oh, keep his hand on his blade too, of course; one could never be too careful.
God, this wretched country was just the gift that kept on giving.
"Have fun!" one of the more helpful whores called in their wake, just adding to his defeat that much more.
"Well... she said 'in the back' ..." Shae muttered with a light grimace of uncertainty, one ear turning back toward the door briefly (huh, the commotion had quieted down and the others were no where in sight... had they left?) before hanging in its usual submissive spot again. "There will probably be a unusual crowd of... women... to point us in the right direction..."
But what did that mean, exactly?
Anyway, it was time to sidle on (carefully) down toward the back of the building, taking what was more or less the (crutchy) 'lead' through the strange, ornate, warmly colored hall. One would've expected the doors to be rather thick in a place like this, but... no, with each they passed, she picked up on something new, and turned a little paler in color. Focus, focus, focus. Where was h-- ah.
Sure enough, there were not two, not three, but four young women idling quite suspiciously outside one door in particular, two sulking rather openly and tapping their feet with impatience (clearly, THEY wanted a turn!), one with her ear pressed to the door, and the last 'keeping watch' for passer's by. She sounded the silent alarm by jarring shoulders and hissing softly at the sight of the approaching gentlemen... but Shae just forced a thin, disarming smile in turn.
"I apologize for the disruption, fair ladies," she said in her smoothest tone of voice (and how sad it was that even SHE could get them swooning), "but do you know if Mister Jade would happen to be... busy... at the moment?"
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 12:41 pm
Yeah, Aster's belly had the power to betray them all! Or just her and Yossarian. However, it wouldn't take much prompting to keep her following along (given how everything here was terrifying to her), tail puffed at max as she trailed along behind the swordsman. Well, if anything it was free food?
Though she was sure their northerner currency would garner a lot of special attentions itself. Shoot, if she'd been the curious sort she may have actually brought that up! But instead she was just focusing on not becoming an oddity with her cropper (sob) tail and the miracle of it 'standing on end'. WRYYYYYY!
But..hopefully 'food' wasn't going to be dramatically different. If anything, Aster could have made a killing for opening up a 'foreigner styled' place. God, that was also tempting.. if she wasn't tempted to stalk up a tree all the time!!
Baah!
"D-do you know where we're going?"
Kanda seemed to frown just as much at the special sounds. HE DIDN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING LIKE THIS (or at all). Feh, this just made that whole mess even more of something he NEVER EVER EVER needed to fuss with.
Ever.
Yeah. His frown was alll he needed to wear when a couple of the girls huddled around the door giggled madly at the question. HEE HEE.
However, before either could answer, the door moved...nearly hit someone, and Jade poked his nose out. "Oh my! I seem to have formed quite the little que of company, now haven't I?" he asked, managing to get OUT of the door without it crushing him from all of the females who had been tee-heeing against it.
Only then did he notice his companions. "Mm~ I see you two have come down to meet the girls?"
MAYBE?
Kanda's hiss of DO NOT WANT said a firm 'noplz'.
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:46 pm
While on the one hand he couldn't blame her for asking such a 'harmless' question, on the other... Yossarian was secretly blown away by the obviousness of it all. Did she really expect him to magically know where they'd be headed in a city-- no, a COUNTRY they'd never even been in previously?! Perhaps if he were more the cynical type, he would've laughed... but no, scrunching his nose up and grimacing would do instead.
"Unfortunately, no," he responded as flatly as he could, trying to keep the outright frustration from permeating every syllable, and just kept walking thereafter in silence, staring at the broad backs of their "benefactors" ahead.
As could only be expected, a great many locals gawked and gaped at them as they went, too, some Kanus even trying to dart across the busy streets of puttering buggies (a strange vehicle not entirely unfamiliar, but... god, did the ones back home splutter that much-- and were there even HALF that many?) to get better looks. There were hoots, hollers, grins and snickers and even some attempted pettings, but a leer from Yossarian was usually enough to send the lot running and, when that failed, a few suave words from King sent them packing.
So raucous, so busy...
"You keepin' up, guys?" the doberman gent called back over his shoulder, earning a laugh from Wolfie. "Hang in there; we're almost to the best part a'town!"
What, so something topped the apparent redlight district they were housing in?
But anyway, off in the meanwhile (and a good few minutes prior, technically speaking)...
Of course Jade's surprise was a cleverly feigned ruse, and Shae knew it, but who was she to comment with such a grand false persona of her own? Sure, it was still hard to keep from blanching out of reflex around that man sometimes, mind instantly harkening back to some grayer memory, but her features didn't falter before the crowd of cooing whores, and she just smiled, pleasantly.
"Well, more specifically, we came down to touch bases with yourself and Miss Hanna: see if you had some evening plans in mind-- ... although she seems to be missing..."
Surely, the maniacal halfbreed mastermind would know where she'd sidled off to, right? She always seemed to be in proper contact with him, anyway.
"Really, why would you gentlemen need someone like that, anyway?" one of the groupies commented in a flippant, twittery voice, rolling her eyes and chuckling flirtatiously. "You have plenty of good company already, don't you?"
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:27 pm
Yeah, she sort of realized it had been a dumb question as well when he kinda...yeah. He THOUGHT he was holding in a good deal of that 'fjdshflafsf' ness of hide, but Aster was very much getting used to Yossarian's attempted to hold in frustration and was quite apt at picking up on them now.
Which just made the fact she was apparently CONSTANTLY getting on his nerves.....yeah. It wasn't like she was feeling much better than anyone else. Booo~! However, like a good mope-y kitten, she was at least nice enough to NOT purposely trail off out of spite and just...half-stared at Yossarian's tail (or his a**, who knew?).
However, she wasn't sure she liked the idea of walking out of the red light district.....in the company of THREE men. That didn't look suspicious at all! adhfk;ladsf. Seriously, it was a bit buggerish for her.
But at least she was keeping her mouth shut now!
"Well, I do plan to chat up the girls for a while longer, given they're just so willing to talk.." yeah, to HIM. Because he was such a charmer ;D ;D ;D. But that wasn't the point, "However, if Hanna doesn't return within the next hour or so from her errand, I may have to go hunt her down.."
and cleave off some hands, if needed. Or so it sounded to Kanda, who just frowned at the mass of girls. Really? REALLY? It was kinda..special, to be honest. He wasn't sure if he wanted to go 'lol lol lol lol' and hang around for much longer, however.... and on that note, his POOR INJURED BODY was going to start demanding food as loudly as Aster's had previously in not-too-much-longer.
And he didn't want to know what the Hookers would suggest cooking up.
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:12 pm
So she knew that he knew that she was being obnoxious; how very... charming, except not. Additionally, he was very aware that she was staring at his back (or backside?) as they went, no doubt sulking her heart out, but didn't comment, just continuing forward. One step, two steps, twenty steps, a thousand. It all felt like one long, endless, obnoxiously noise (and STARE) filled blur to him by the time they'd finally gotten there, which was-- ...
Wait, they'd finally arrived?
For all of Wolfie and King's hype over it, the place didn't seem particularly impressive at first glance: a relatively humble, well-aged building at the end of some little offshoot street from the main avenue. It only had one little sign in the front, and that sign was so ill-tended that the lettering had all worn away-- but King shoved the door open regardless with a jingle of the entry chimes, and flashed a grin back at his new 'guests'.
"Ladies first," he mused in an almost lyrical tone, eyeing Aster in particular.
But just what was it that awaited them inside? Why, a dank, grungy, and altogether unfortunate looking... pub? Bar? Pieced-together restaurant? There were a few customers in the dimly lit seating area already, most of whom looked seedy enough to get Yossarian gripping his hilt just a little tighter.
"Just what is this abominable place?" he asked sharply, at which Wolfie laughed.
"S'called the Bark n' Bite, Yo-Yo, and don't let the atmosphere scare you! Food's totally worth it, I swear."
... Yeah, that guy's swears weren't holding much water for him at that point.
What, willing to talk because he was totally playing them like a deck of scantily clad cards? Sure, the thought flashed through Shae's decidedly weary mind, though she had tact enough to choke it down and maintain her best cordial face.
Albeit one now spiked with a twinge of curiosity. From his wording, it sounded like Jade himself didn't even know where Hanna had fluttered off to, which struck her as very... strange.
"I see," she said casually, nodding. "Well then, we'll not bother you any longer, Good Sir..." And of course even her perpetually quiet stomach had to give the weakest of rumbles right then, causing a split-second falter, before she forced a small laugh. "Seems like dinner is calling to us--"
"Oooh, food!" one little lady in the group(...ies) piped up, just giddy with excitement as she clasped her hands together. "You should join me--"
"US," another corrected sharply.
"... US, for dinner tonight!" she finished, "we'll make something good, promise!"
".............."
Which just begged the question: how reliable WAS a whore in the kitchen?
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:30 pm
Aster prickled a bit at the interior.
Oh god
Oh god
OH GOD. as;dfhasdfhads;fkkhfadflasd. Aster gave Yossarian this LOOK. Yeah, the look of an alcoholic who was just being allowed to go near the stuff again. TELL HER NO. TELL HER NO RIGHT NOW. No really, her self control was pretty much him. Which made for bad when there were hormones involved, lawl.
But uhhhhh...
Aster, having had worked in such a place for so long actually found a sense of comfort inside the building, frowning ever so discretely.
Was she ever going to rebuild that? Probably not.. somehow, she doubted Yossarian would allow her do such. Ah ha ha.
Errr. "Do you two have a favorite table? Or is it free for all?"
AKA CAN I PICK?
Yeah, Kanda didn't exactly trust the girls either, to be honest. "No. That won't be needed. We'll eat while we go find our companion."
THAT'S RIGHT GIRLIES, HE PREFERRED HANNA'S COMPANY (oh god, he'd never admit that out loud!). "She..has my medicine."
ERR. YEAH, SURE. Then again, she TECHNICALLY did. All that good stuff. Just..yeah.
He wasn't sure he liked the idea of admitting to this company he was an invalid. SOBBBBB. Could have been worse. His DAD could have been there to go 'LOOK WHAT U DID TO URSELF, LZR'.
Nnngh.
Jade just chuckled. "Well, we better not hold these two up~" YES, YOU WANT TO LAVISH ME WITH ATTENTION, KUFUFU.
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:11 pm
Funny thing, really; it had been so ridiculously long since Yossarian dealt with Aster around alcohol that he'd practically forgotten her little problem to begin with... a slip in memory that would no doubt come back to haunt him when he shrugged her question off a little too casually, and let the lead dogs answer for him.
"Oh, feel free to pick a spot, if you're eyeing somewhere in particular!" King encouraged, stepping in right after her, followed shortly after by Wolfie, and then the last, and least cheery male of the bunch. "My other buddies aren't here yet, anyway."
... But wait-- other buddies? Just what other buddies was he talking about?!
"Heeey, lookee here!" the bartender even seemed familiar enough with the doggish duo to wave at them-- a shaggy, portly gray and white fellow with his long pale hair in a ponytail. "Good to see you boys again! Who're the new faces?"
"Northerners we picked up!" Wolfie beamed blithely, immediately garnering the attention of anyone who wasn't staring already. "Their names are Aster an' Yo-Yo!"
"..........." said Yossarian, just seething silently in the backdrop and DARING anyone to repeat that wretched calling.
"... Well, poo," one particularly let down whore crooned woefully at Jade's little shutdown, passing not just Kanda, but Shae, too, a sad look. "Are you sure? You know, we've got plenty of medicine here, too--"
"Unfortunately I'm not certain it would suffice," Shae affirmed, "but thank you, my dear lady..." God, the fact that that statement had so many of them fawning and giggling and preening all over again. "I'm sure we'll return later in the evening, but for now... please, do excuse us."
With that, it was time to bow (for her, anyway; Sir was probably too stiff for it), turn, and abandon the wicked Jade to his shmoozings while they... er.
"... S-should we really go looking for her?" she asked in a low tone, voice tight with a twinge of genuine uncertainty. Food was one thing, sure, and they'd have a hell of a time just finding sustenance outside the building without getting MOBBED... but to look for a rogue therapist, too?
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:54 pm
Oh dear, nobody had said 'no'.
Which meant in the 10 seconds to follow, Aster made Yossarian's life a new degree of miserable. Yep, she'd waltzed right up to the bar to plant her butt on one of the stools with a sort of excitement that was.. was..
Waah! Why was she so excited about this whole thing? DOWN KITTEN DOWN! D; No booze for you! Or so ANYBODY thought at the given moment. Right now, the first person to hand her alcohol and say 'drink up' was going to be her beeeeest friiieeeeennnd. Forever and ever at that! Yay BFFFF!
Or rather, everybody who wasn't Yossarian was likely to get a show once alcohol was reintroduced into her system. Yaaaay! (Not that she was thinking ahead to that. She was just too jazzed up for that!)
"Is thiiiiis spot okay?"
PLZ PLZ PLZZZZ?
Kanda didn't even nod to the girls. Ohhh no, he didn't like being here in the whorehouse sam I am. He just wanted to get the HELL OUTTA THERE. f;sadlfhk;sdfjkladsf!
LET ME GO FREE, LET ME GO FREEEEE! PLZ PL ZPLZZZZZ!!! Oh wait, they were leaving. Har har! FREEDOMNAO?
"Yes. Yes we should. If only to keep us out of here for longer."
SEE? PLAN, HE HAD ONE.
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:17 pm
The bar counter? Really? There were much better places to sit as far as Yossarian was concerned, briefly pondering why she hadn't opted for something a little more comfortable or out of the way-- ... but then, as if struck by lightning, a thought clicked in his head, and he felt the sudden urge to smack himself.
... Of course the once-drunkard was going to make herself right at home there! And-- wait, no, now King and Wolfie were plopping themselves down there, too! That was most definitely not encouraging!
(Or it was, and that was what the dark male feared.)
"Well now, little lady, what'll you be havin--" the bartender started to sweet talk dear Asteria immediately, only to find himself interrupted with.
"Water," hissed Yossarian, seating himself right next to her. "For both us us... please, Sir."
"Hey now, no need to be a control freak or anythin' there, Yo-Yo!" Wolfie admonished with a chuckle, and blithely gave Aster's shoulder a pat. "Don't let that stick in the mud stop you from a good time if you want it, Aster! Order what you like. Our treat!"
".............." It was official; Yossarian was going to wring the moron's NECK whenever the rest of the bar stopped gawking at them.
Hopefully, the place at least had some FOOD to go along with their liquor, too.
"True enough..." Shae couldn't argue with Kanda's logic in getting the hell out of there, either-- and yet, finally heading out the door and into the open, cool, noise-cluttered air of Chicago's more questionable districts, the little halfbreed couldn't help feeling a pang of uncertainty. Sure, it wasn't half as scorching as Zanadu, nor half as frigic as Salig... but there was a definite congestion in the air that made her skull throb, and her heat flutter, and her knees get a touch weaker, regardless.
God, even Erasmus had never quite felt this overwhelming.
And then there was the staring, which she was immediately and unfortunately aware of.
Thankfully no one MOBBED them outright, but the sight of a nearly-hairless young gingerfurred "boy" and 'his' limping gray counterpart was sure to draw attention. Still, however, the former had to focus... Just where on earth could they go-- not only to find food, but a rogue therapist?
(And did this country even take the currency they had with them, for that matter?)
"... This feels like some wild goose chase already," she couldn't help but comment, perhaps to herself, and frown wearily.
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:06 pm
Smilesmilesmilesmilesmile. No really, this was the happiest she'd been since they'd gotten to the Plateau, so this was.. a bonus in the sense she wouldn't go "8CCCC" all night. but still.........that meant his hell was going to double in another department when she DID actually move away from the 'WATER>8C' statement and 'hmmmm'ed thoughtfully at her enabler.
Ah ha ha.
Well.... hmm, she now had to ponder about her options. OH GOD, SHE HAD OPTIONS. THIS WAS WORSE. "Well, if I won't look like a wuss for it, is there a 'Cider' in there at all?"
YEAH, THEY KNEW WHICH KIND OF CIDER SHE MEANT. YEAH, THAT STUFF.
THE GOOD STUFF.
Sparkle sparkle shine. No really, this was probably the first time that Yossarian had been FLAT OUT ignored by Asteria in favor of something so..detrimental to her health! Bad sign.
Kanda found something increasingly embarassing about being outside and having to lean on Shae for the sake of NOT FALLING FLAT ON HIS FACE...but further more, it could have been worse. At least Fabio wasn't there to go 'lul lul lul!' and chew on his hair.
That wouldn't have been as fun as it could have! Which he was grateful for, to be honest. Alas, what else could he do about that? Besides HEAL QUICKER. DEAR BODY, FIX SELF NOW. SRSLY :<.
However, in a different vein of 'oh dear' was the fact that they technically WERE going on a wild goose chase. Hmmm, how did one work this all out the best? Well.... uhhhhmmmmm. Stuff. And thingies. Yeah, that worked for now. Hnngh. "Well, it's not like we're aiming to find someone who will look like most of the population here..."
Point.
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:27 pm
... She hadn't just-- but she did! Oh, if ever there were a time for Yossarian's jaw to fall agape, it was then, absolutely floored by the sudden realization that he'd been blown off... for booze.
Of course the bartender just laughed a husky laugh and grinned, bobbing his shaggy head enthusiastically. "We do indeed, little lady!" he barked, sliding back from the counter to rummage through some bottles and jugs along the back of the bar. "Best in town, too-- pretty good, ah, stuff!"
He had yanked out a glass and rinsed it out now, promptly pouring it full of a caramel colored elixir with a bit of froth at the top, and setting it down in front of her. "There you go! Now, boys, what'll you be havin'?"
"Got some good Whiskey on that shelf?" King snickered.
"'Course I do!" the bigger man beamed, turning to Wolfie. "And you, Wolfie?"
"Same thing, bud!"
"Can do!" And of course he didn't ask Yossarian what he wanted, just snickered and passed him a glass of... oh yes, water, earning an inward seethe from the already glowering, grumpy, deflated Koshka. Honestly... this couldn't have gotten much worse in his opinion-- and then he realized there was some DOG (.. man) trying to SNIFF him from behind, earning a hiss.
"Would you SIT down and leave me be!?"
"Aww, c'mon, they're just bein' friendly!" the bartender laughed. "So... can I interest you all in some good stew, maaaaybe? The Missus is cookin' it in back, an' it's damn tasty."
"Right..." Sir did have a good point about the whole 'one of these things is not like the other' observation, but Shae still remained unconvinced of their ability to find one soul in a city of only GOD knew how many people before nightfall.
And so, they walked. Slowly, thanks to Kanda's limping gait, but surely thanks to her weary steadfastness all the same. It felt like the light was starting to fade... or was that just her? She didn't really know, and couldn't tell one way or the other. So many overly furry dog people-- and even a strange bird or two, but...
No little halfbreed Koshka sans herself, and everyone else seemed to notice HER well eno--
"Weeeell now, you two look about as out of place as I do!"
Just HOW on earth a tremendous gold 7 foot high monster had managed to miss her notice when they passed, she didn't know.. but the sound of that deep, silky voice piping up so suddenly from behind them on the walk nearly made her jump out of her skin, tail fraying like a rope and hearing a missed tick under her shirt.
Just who on earth WAS that huge, horned, and oddly... well dressed fellow?
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:36 pm
YEP, IF HE'D PAID ATTENTION AND SAID NO FROM THE BEGINNING, HELL WOULDN'T BE GETTING CLOSE TO BREAKING LOOSE. However, instead Aster was perfectly content to sit there with her cup and actually PURR (that attracted some attention!) while sipping at it. Mmmmm~
She had a happy! Her brain wouldn't have a happy later, but dear GOD she had a happy. However, following the first sip of her drink came the strangest inquiry ever.
To Yossarian.
"One Up, One Down, Two Up, or Two Down?"
AH HA HA. SHE'D NEVER TOLD HIM THE TRICK OF THIS GAME NOW HAD SHE? FU FU FUUU! Yeah, she was kinda evil, but eh, she was at least being PLEASANT (and purring. Lots of purring. Prrprrprrrprrprrrr. Not as much prrprr as she did while latched to his chest while sleeping, though).
"And that sounds completely delightful~" SHE LIKED HOMECOOKED FUDZ. NOM NOM.
Kanda, on the other hand, practically PRICKLED UP ENTIRELY at the f;dafhakldjfahdsflkasjdf;.f Scales. He knewwww scales. SCALES HAD TAKEN OUT HIS ABILITY TO WALK ON HIS OWN DAMMIT!. However, outside of the prickle and puff, Kanda didn't hiss.
Nope, he was at LEAST that nice to the larger fellow. Just..honestly.
This place was full of....
"We're northerners." he stated flatly, as though it explained everything needed.
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:11 pm
He had a glass of water sitting in front of him and, for some almost inexplicable reason, it just made him that much more uneasy. Why on earth was his brain digressing back to those days?... He drank from these sorts of vessels plenty often!
With the blanket 'order' collected, the bartender shuffled off into the back, abandoning his four newest customers to their own devices... which apparently Aster was already taking advantage of in some inane game Yossarian barely remembered.
"..." It took a moment of staring to recall just where all that had began, and when he did, he grimaced, breathing in a deep sigh. "... I'm not interested in that sort of nostalgia right now," he mumbled at last, glancing away from her to woefully sip his... tasteless... drink. "Such a game will serve me no point."
"Well, aren't you a grade A stick in the mud?" King laughed, giving Aster a sympathetic pat on the shoulder. "No worries, I'll play with you! Hmm... One up?"
"Really, Yo-Yo, you gotta loosen up a bit," Wolfie advised him, just making the whole thing worse, "there's no harm in cutting loose a bit a-- oh! Food's here!" Perfectly on time, the bartender had shuffled out with four steaming bowls balanced on his arms with surprising skill, all set down in front of them, with some good old barely clean spoons plunked in.
"Eat up!"
Rather ironically, the gold stranger (who actually looked a bit green in places, like metal with an odd tarnish) had more skin and plates than he did honest scales, looking over the unnerved 'couple' with a curious yelllow slitted eye. For someone so large and imposing, he seemed strangely proper, didn't he?
"Well, that's easy enough to distinguish by the young lady's bare skin," he said in smooth, perfect, hissless english, smiling-- but not flashing his teeth. "That's quite an oddity around these parts, you know. Everyone in this city is covered in fur-- ... sans myself, that is."
"..........." Shae certainly didn't know WHAT to make of the lizard man (Xerics, they called them? But he had some fins fringing his outer arms and cheeks....), but she choked down any shock and tried to smooth her voice out, with a feeble nod.
"So, Northerners," the fellow went on, "what brings you about these parts at such an hour?"
"... We're... looking for someone," muttered Shae.
"Let me guess, another Koshka?"
"A-ah, yes, Sir--"
"Partially bare, with hanging ears and spectacles? Delicate little thing like yourself?"
"... Ye--"
"She came around here an hour or two back," he finished with a nod, "looked a little frazzled and didn't stay long, sadly, but kind enough to humor me with some conversation before she wandered off. I'll take it you lot are all traveling companions in some epic Southbound venture?"
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:09 pm
Pbbbbt. He was being no fun! Aster shrugged a bit at Yossarian's indifference, before looking to King and taking a quick glance at his arms. "Hey! It =is= one up! Have you played this before?" she inquired, taking another sip of her cider before giving Yossarian this =look=.
Okay, now SHE was at least enjoying herself enough to not go "fajdsflha" at the contact from the Kanus, SO WHAT WAS HIS PROBLEM? He's the one who had decided to come with her! He didn't have to! (Okay, yes he did if he wanted her to come back EVER AGAIN).
However, that was a quick distraction when the FOOD CAME INTO PLAY, OMGGGGGGGGFOOOOOOOOOOD. Okay, so it was more of her stomach going 'OMGYAY biggrin D' about it than she was, but Aster was polite enough to take the bowl when it was offered and start all of her omnom noming joy.
Hmmm. This wasn't bad at all! Which wasn't saying a lot, but eh. She wouldn't have mind seeing the lady of the kitchen's recipe. Then again, Aster was a MIGHTY COOK. MWA HA HA!
But it certainly made her stomach HAPPEEEEEEEE.
Kanda's ears flattened back a bit as the being described Hanna almost exactly. SUSPIIICCCIIIOOOUUSSS! Then again, that was something ingrained because of Daddy dearest.
:C
"Hmmm, that doesn't sound like a good sign." Kanda mumbled. If Hanna was never something, it was frazzled, so hearing an 'otherwise' to this end about her state of being made him have to frown immensely. Nnnnnnngh.
What would throw a wrench in Hanna's gears? He certainly knew Shae could have some wrenches tossed that she liked to hide, but it was still something he had to ":
Now.... how did one fix this..hnngh.
"I wouldn't call it very 'epic'...it's more of a general tour so we can tell the folks back home about what's here.."
Nnngh. Honesty, but eh.
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